The Talented Mr. Ripley showed us the quintessential annoying American ex-pat you both love and hate in Philip Seymour Hoffman's Freddie Miles.
The Big Picture Have you seen the "Ugly American" in your travels outside the cozy confines of the United States? Well, get your passports ready, because we are going to address one of the best/worst characters that fits that unfortunate clichéd description. The movie is Anthony Minghella's terrific 1999 psychological thriller called The Talented Mr. Ripley.
RELATED: 'Capote' Is a Commentary on Our Fascination With True Crime - And It's More Relevant Than Ever All the Characters in 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' Are Awful People To be fair, all the main American characters in the movie are pretty terrible people, from Tom's alarming need for acceptance that becomes a psychopathic and murderous spree to the philandering Dickie's obsession with being irresponsibly wealthy and sponging on his successful father's money , they are two seriously hideous Americans.
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